Marine lamp



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Patented July 21, 1 931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERIGK PERKINS,OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PERKINS MARINE LAMP CORPORATION, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MARINE LAMP Application filedApril 25,

ditions so that if used as an electric lamp,

electric wires may be readily and suitably connected without in any wayinterfering with the oil features, and if used as an oil lamp, the oilreservoir burner andother parts may be readily reached and ad usted, andwhen adjusted, may function without any 1nterference from atmosphericconditions, regardless of any wind that may be blowing exterior to thelamp. These and other ob ects are accomplished by my invention, someembodiments of which are hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my 1nvention, reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, 1n which Figure 1is a front elevation of a runn ng lamp with two colors provided with my11nprovement. n

Figure 2 is a side elevation OI the same. Figure 3 is a sectional view,taken on the line 33 of Figure 1, looking in "the d1rection of thearrows.

Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged sect ons showing the door locking means andits operation, together with certain other details of construction.

Figures (Sand 7 are sectional vlews, taken on the lines 66 of Figure 3and 77 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 8 is a plan View, partially in section, of a modifiedconstrutcion. 7

Throughout the various vlews of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

My improved marine lamp 1 has a dome 2 of the conventional kind, whlchmay be surmounted by a handle 3 and below this and secured rigidlythereto is the body 4 of the lamp. This body has the usual side walls 5and a slotted bottom 6, the parts being secured together in any suitablemanner so as to be rigidly connected. At the rear of the wall 5 isprovided a bent plate 7 which may 1928. Serial No. 272,632.

be used for securing the lamp in place, in the conventional manner.Below this are a number of ventillating openings 8 which are put back ofa reflector 9, which is secured to the inside of the wall 5 and behindthe lights which will be described below. Openings 10 are provided sothat wire may be passed therethrough to supply electricity to a lamp 11mounted on a socket 12 that is bifurcated at the bottom and made tostraddle one of the holes 10 and be opposite another hole 10 so that thewiring may pass either from the rear or from the bottom, as desired.

A flanged plate 13 is secured to the bottom 6 by eyelets 14, or anyother suitable means, to form a socket which will hold an oil lamp 15and, in the preferred embodiment of my invention, the oil tank 16 isprovided with pins 17 adapted to enter corresponding bayonet slots 18 sothat the lamp is held securely under all service conditions in thesocket 13. This lamp 15 is provided with the usual burner 19 which has awick which may be adjusted by the knurled wheel 20, in the conventionalmanner.

It is very important that easy access may be had to the lamp 15 so thatit may be removed or inserted, as desired, and so that it may beadjusted properly, and it is also im-- portant that under nocircumstances should air leak in through the walls 5 at undesirableplaces so as to cause the lamp to be blown out or to smoke or to givetrouble. With this in View, I have designed an improved door whichwillnow be described.

The top of the wall 5 has a flange 21 and below this are openings forthe doors 22,

which will be described more particularly below. Below the openings is astrip of metal 23 which is secured to the front walls 5 by nuts andbolts, or any other suitable means, so as to be held firmly in place andso as to abut the lower edges of the doors 22 when the same are closed.The doors abut close to the flange 21 and the strip 23 so as to formtherewith an air tight oint above and below the doors. The means formaking tight joints at the hinges and fastenings will now be describedbeginning with the hinges.

The doors 22 are hinged to the sides 5 by hinges 24 of a novel kind. Therear ends of the doors are bent to form 3 loops 25 which are separatedby spaces in which are placed hinge members 26 formed of sheet metalbent upon themselves and passed through suitable slots in the walls 5and secured by nuts and bolts passing through plates 27. The hingemembers 25 and 26 are held together by means ofs'uitabl'e' pins orpivots '28 which are passed through,in the conventional manner. Theplates 27 are flanged so as to have a curved part 29 which extends overthe hinges and protects the same so as to limit the opening of thedoors'22' and toforma' tight joint through which no air can leak aboutthe hinge to the lamp. The front ends of the doors are providedwiththree loops 30 which are separated by two spaces in one of which movesthe handle of the locking bolt 31 and-in the other of which is placed,when the door is closed, the curled'edge 32' of a weather strip 33 whichis placed on the front wall 5 and between the doors 22 when they areclosed. This weather strip is held in place by means of suitable nutsand bolts, as indicated. This weather strip has two edges 3 lwhich arebent in a U shape, as indicated in Figures t and'5, so as to form agroove between them, this groove being interrupted where the curlededges 32' appear and between these edges thus made is formed a slidewayto receive a flanged division plate which isslipped in between them, asindicated in the figures, and this division plate is provided with a topflange 8 6 which prevents it from going in too far. When the divisionplate is in place only one light is visible, unless the lamp be viewedfrom straight ahead.

The doors 22, which are used in the preferred embodiment of myinvention,- are a peculiar construction. The frames 37 of the doors arepreferably made ofstampings made in dies which are given the correctshape and have offset inner portions 38 which are flanged and adapted toreceive the glass lenses 39. These lenses may be held in place in any ofseveral ways, but in the preferred embodiment of my invention they areheld in place by bands lO which at each end may be secured by bolts andnuts which passthrough lateral ears or, if desired, an alternativestructure may be employed, as shown in Figure 8,.where a pin'tl isprojected from an inset portion of a door 22 and one end of the band 40is curled around the same. In this embodiment of my invention when thelens is removed only one bolt has to be released.

If desired, my improved lamp may be used with plain glass or coloredglass. When used as a running light, it is essential that the starboardlight be green and the port red and this is the conventional way ofmaking the lamp.

The lamp, when made, may be used with either oil or electricity, asdesired, or both. In the usual practice of this invention, electricityis used, except in emergencies when oil is relied upon, the oil lampbeing kept in reserve, but, as is obvious, the lamp may beusedexclusively with either form of lighting means. It is also apparentthat when the doors are closed, they are brought so that the outer edgescome against the U endsS l and are thens-prung into place. Thereafterthe bolts 31 may be lowered so as to lock the doors in place, although,if desired, they may be held without shoving the bolts down. This isundesirable, however, as the doors, when closed, should be fixed inplace with tight joints,- as above stated, so that no wind can enter thelamp about or through the doors. hen a door is opened, assuming it to bebolted, the bolt 31 is raised in the slideway and then theprojectingpart or handle, as shown in Figures 4 and5, is used as a leveragainst'th'e U edge 34 so as to spring the door and free it from the Uedge and thereafter the door swings readily on its hinge. By a reverseoperation, the door is readily closed. From the foregoing, it isapparent that the guards 29 and U edges 34: form means for reinforcingthe hinges and fastenings as well as a weatherproof means for preventingair from entering the interior of the lamp at or about the doors. It isalso apparent that the oil lamp 15 may be inserted or removed in theconvention-al'way by turning. so that the bayonet joint formed by theparts 17 and 18 are engaged or disengaged, in the conventional manner. lurthermore, while one or both doors are open, fu'l'lacce'ss may be hadto the oil lamp for adjustment or cleaning or for other purposes. 7

If desired, a hole 42' may be placed'in the center of the holder 13' andthrough the bottom 6 so that pressure may be placed under the lamp 15 tofacilitate its removal.

\Vhile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it isobvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enoughto cover all structures that come Within the scope of the annexedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a lamp of the class described, a frame, a door hingedly connectedto said frame, a bolt mounted in the free edge of the door opposite thehinge, a curved projection on said frame with a. portion adaptedtoreceive the bolt in one position and be free of the bolt when the boltis in another position and whenthe bolt is in the second position, it isso placed as to be a lever for operating against said curved projectionfor prying the door open.

2. In a lamp of the class described, a frame with two doors hingedlymounted therein, a division plate in front of the part of said framebetween the two doors and means for holding the division plate in placeconsisting of a strip of metal having two U flanges with their open endsfacing each other and adapted to engage a laterally extending flange onthe division plate, said U flanges projecting laterally sufiiciently soas to project over the joints between said doors and frame to preventair from entering therethrough. V

3. In a lamp of the class described, a frame, two doors hingedly mountedtherein, a division plate in front of the part of said frame between thetwo doors and means for holding the division plate in place, said meansprojecting laterally upon each side sufliciently so as to project overcertain joints between the frame and doors so as to prevent air fromentering therethrough.

4. In a lamp of the class described, a frame, two doors hingedly mountedtherein, a division plate in front of the part of said frame between thetwo doors, means for holding the division plate in place, said meansprojecting laterally upon each side sufficiently so as to project'overcertain joints between the frame and doors so as to prevent air fromentering therethrough, hinges for said doors and means upon said frameprojecting partially over said hinges so as to prevent air from enteringtherethrough.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20 day of April,1928.

FREDERICK PERKINS.

